Luke 21:10-19

Jesus Foretells Wars and Persecution

10 Then he said to them, ¹“Nation will rise against nation, and ²kingdom against kingdom.

11 There will be great ³earthquakes, and in various places ⁴famines and pestilences. And there will be ⁵terrors and great ⁶signs from heaven.

12 But before all this ⁷they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to ⁸the synagogues and ⁹prisons, and you ¹⁰will be brought before ¹¹kings and ¹²governors for my name’s sake.

13 ¹³This will be your opportunity to bear witness.

14 Settle it therefore in your minds ¹⁴not to meditate beforehand how to answer,

15 for ¹⁵I will give you a mouth and ¹⁶wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or ¹⁷contradict.

16 You will be delivered up ¹⁸even by parents and brothers^[a] and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.

17 ¹⁹You will be hated by all for my name’s sake.

18 But ²⁰not a hair of your head will perish.

19 By your ²¹endurance you will gain your lives.